VERBATIM | Counter-Revolutionary Counterpoint
“The last thing we need now is for the tech industries, wherever they are, to start controlling and filtering new knowledge about space before we mere mortals have...

To illustrate the challenges of sending robotic missions to Mars,Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration and operations, showed this chart of the history of Mars missions during...

DMSP-19 launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in 2014. Credit: ULA
DMSP-19’s loss prompts on-orbit shuffle
The U.S. Air Force has given up on efforts to recover Defense Meteorological Weather S...

VERBITE 'EM"You know, every now and then, it's good to remind myself ... to be more empathetic with my pet's chew toys."
- Gen. Mark Welsh, the U.S. Air Force’s chief of staff, reflecting on the dogged q...

Verbatim | Wanna get away?
“The best time to plan a vacation is when a launch is predicted, because it almost certainly will not go on that day.”
— Mike Safyan, Planet Labs director of launch and regulatory...

Verbatim | So you’re saying there’s a chance?
“Experts tell me it’s technically possible to get this done by FY19. That’s what we’re charging toward; that’s what the law has told us to do. We’re working toward...

Gen. John Hyten (right), head of U.S. Air Force Space Command visited the Joint Integrated Combined Space Operations Center Jan. 26 with a coterie of top military brass, including the head of U.S. Strategic Co...

Five Hundred Million Dollar Shave Club
DMSP satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin Artist's Concept“We spent $500 million that could have been used to support national security. Instead, it’s going into the...